Value-Man, Curmudgeon, Longboarder
Author: illiards
Induction – Cyril Dickthorpe #23
BotF made a rare late night crossing and inducted regular commentator Cyril Dickthorpe as a fully paid up BotF member. Congratulations Cyril! Favourite Beverage: Fat Yak Pale Ale Favourite Sport to Spectate: Formula 1 (they just go round and round….) …
The triplets – Monteiths Pilsner
Your correspondent has reviewed several Monteiths products earlier in this blog (Monteiths Golden Lager | Monteiths Celtic Red). In fact, the Golden Lager was the preferred orange whip for yours truly for quite some time (Fat Yak currently holds this …
Pepperjack Ale – tasty but misguided
Pepperjack Ale is part of a relatively recent surge in premium beers being punched out by vineyards of note. The vineyard in this case is Saltram. Now don’t get me wrong. It is a nice drop with rich flavours and …
Stung by the bottom of the esky
I often find that a good source of new beverages to taste is to host a BBQ or the like. If your mates are generous, and I am blessed with many of this persuasion, a root around in your esky …
Goblins and Morris Dancers
Hobgoblin is brewed by the Wychwood Brewery in Oxfordshire. These lads take beer seriously. They claim to produce an award winning range of traditional craft-brewed beers full of character and to be one of the UK’s leading producers of Organic …
The Sir John Young Hotel
One of the last vestiges of Sydney’s one thriving Spanish Quarter is in fact a classic Sydney pub. The Sir John Young Hotel, corner of George and Liverpool St, is trapped in two worlds. Out the front is the standard …
Pigs Can Fly
Pigs Fly Pilsner was sampled from the eyrie of the Hutton rental at Seal Rocks. A great little beer from the Bowral Brewing Company. This pilsner (note spelling – easy to drop an extra ‘e’ in there) has a clean …
Leather Jacket Lager – something fishy?
All the signs are there. Was this a beer that was just a bit up itself? Brewed by Fishrock Brewery in the landlocked NSW southern highlights, there is guff on the makers website that sets off alarm bells. ……”beers are …
The Amberoom – aptly named
The Amberoom is the public bar of the Royce Hotel on St. Kilda Rd. Melbourne. The Royce is a boutique hotel that was once a Rolls Royce showroom. The bar is not large but, given its location a little ways …
Bar Miro – Sydney’s Dwindling Spanish Quarter
Bar Miro is on Liverpool St, right in the heart of, what was for 40 years, a large and vibrant Spanish Quarter. You head down a short flight of stairs to a cosy bar-slash-restaurant where the bar is lined with …
back of the ferry 